lowered
/ˈləʊəd//ˈloʊɚd/
verb
- 1
To frown; to look sullen.
- 2
To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
verb
- 1
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
“lower a bucket into a well”
- 2
To pull down
“to lower a flag”
- 3
To reduce the height of
“lower a chimney or turret”
- 4
To depress as to direction
“lower the aim of a gun”
- 5
To make less elevated
“to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes”
- 6
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
“lower distilled liquors”
- 7
To bring down; to humble
“lower one's pride”
- 8
(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
“I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.”
- 9
To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
“lower the interest rate”
- 10
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
“The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.”
- 11
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
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